Childhood Problems through their Surroundings

Children's emotional and physical status, as well as their cognitive and emotional development, greatly depends on their family dynamics. The increasing incidence of behavioral problems among children could recommend that some families are struggling to manage with the increasing stresses they understand.

Most of the pessimistic effects are caused by distraction of parenting. The parents' capability to cope with alters may be reflected in the child's ability to manage.

Involvement of the father; the emotional & social outcomes are significantly improved for children whose fathers play a visible & nurturing role in their upbringing. Father’s participation is associated with developmental, positive cognitive, and socio-behavioral child outcomes, for example, improved breast-feeding rates, improved weight gain in preterm infants, higher academic achievement and higher receptive language skills.

Maternal depression includes postpartum depression. Young children of disheartened mothers have an elevated risk of developmental, emotional, behavioral etc. problems.

One study found that miserable individuals who are offspring of unhappy parents may be at particular danger for the secondary deficits of depression. Such deficits may contain physical dysfunction, anxiety, smoking, pain and disability, drinking-related problems & poorer social resources.

Social/environmental factors

Mental disorders are more frequent in households with low gross weekly earnings and in families where the parent was in a routine industrial group compared with those in a higher proficient group. They were also more familiar in those living in the social sector compared with those who hold their accommodation.